Only in this country can an official file an affidavit against his overall boss.
LAHORE: The apparent stand-off between the military and the government in the Supreme Court is puzzling to say the least. The honourable court had asked, and received, affidavits from the army chief and the head of the ISI and then the federal government.
Isn’t it also the case that under the Constitution, the army chief is appointed by the prime minister? And since the army chief is the ISI chief’s boss, then doesn’t it follow that the prime minister is also the ISI chief’s overall boss? So how could the latter travel all the way to London, which is now an admitted fact, and interact with Mansoor Ijaz, a man of somewhat dubious background and disclose alleged evidence implicating not only Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, but also, it seems, the president of Pakistan.
Only in Pakistan would something so odd happen – as in an official, an employee of the government, file an affidavit against his overall boss, and by that I mean as laid down in the Constitution.
Usman Iqbal
Published in The Express Tribune, December 29th, 2011.
